“Yes, Novell has a ways to go to catch up with Red Hat, but with
yet another strong quarter it’s becoming increasingly clear that
the enterprise Linux market is a two-horse race again. Importantly,
Novell is competing much more strongly without backup from
Microsoft.“Novell saw its Linux business top $29 million in its Q2 2008
($30 million in total Open Platform Solutions revenue), up 31
percent over Q2 2007, with other business units also seeing healthy
growth. Only its Workgroup business unit continues to founder, down
1 percent…”